All the goals came at the start of each half, with Andre Gray netting inside three minutes before James Tarkowski's header levelled things up three minutes later. Burnley saw the better of the first half, but were outdone by two quickfire goals at the beginning of the second period as Troy Deeney (48) slotted home past Joe Hart after a wonderful pass from Abdoulaye Doucoure. A great solo strike from Will Hughes rounded off the victory two minutes later and despite plenty of Burnley possession, Watford stayed firm at the back to take maximum points from their opening two league games.
It was a fast start at Turf Moor, and Gray netted against his former side in the third minute after setting off the move. He picked out Deeney on the right before making a lung-busting run into the box, received the ball back from his captain, with his first touch sending the ball fizzing past Joe Hart. Three minutes later and Burnley were level. Johann Berg Gudmundsson delivered a corner for Tarkowski to head the ball into the back of the net, scoring his first goal for the Clarets in the process.
There were few other chances for the remainder of the half, with Gundmundsson testing Ben Foster with a superb free kick in the 17th minute, but the Watford goalkeeper was equal to it. Hart also denied Deeney with six minutes of the half to play as the striker tried his luck from distance. Three was the magic number for Watford as, three minutes into the second half, Deeney doubled the Hornets' lead. After Ben Mee blocked his initial effort, the rebound landed to Doucoure who took out most of the Burnley defence with a superb slotted pass to Deeney on the right and he poked home around Hart.
Troy Deeney was on target for Watford in their 3-1 win at Burnley Two minutes later, and Hughes added the third with a wonderful strike. He latched onto a wayward pass from Matt Lowton before striding towards the top of the area before hammering the ball past a leaping Hart, who could have done little to keep it out. Although Burnley saw the better of the ball for the remainder of the half, they rarely looked like troubling the Watford defence. The closest they came to a goal was in the 70th minute as Gudmundsson delivered a free kick into the area which was nearly headed home by substitute Sam Vokes, but it whistled past the post.
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